I am an experienced History teacher who has created SOW for different schools. I love making different and creative resources and hope you enjoy them too! I will try and update any old resources and you are welcome to recommend any SOW for me to create!
I am an experienced History teacher who has created SOW for different schools. I love making different and creative resources and hope you enjoy them too! I will try and update any old resources and you are welcome to recommend any SOW for me to create!
A lesson on Guy Fawkes and The Gunpowder Plot. The lesson had a variety of activities with videos, reading comprehension, chronology and narrative tasks and creating a storyboard. This was a lesson given to students on Bonfire Night and students enjoyed it! The tasks in the lesson can be removed for an assembly (and the videos should remain).
A lesson explaining Black History Month in Britain and it’s importance. The lesson looks at key figures, and uses both videos, activities and news articles to help students understand the importance of Black History Month. This lesson can be used for an assembly.
A series of lessons to support students with their spelling, punctuation, grammar and sentences. The lessons have a variety of tasks including: analytical writing, descriptive writing, fictional writing, independent and pair tasks. The 7 lessons were created for my 1h30 minutes lessons but can easily be split into more lessons. The lessons were designed for KS3 students but have been effective in supporting low-ability KS4 students.
A great and informative PPT to support teachers/relevant staff with SEND. This CPD covers: SEND Code of Practice, common learning difficulties, Strategies, Assessment and Case Studies. It has tasks for teachers to complete to support their understanding and help influence their action.
This literacy booklet was made to support higher ability KS2, 3 and lower ability KS4 students. It is engaging and has helped students with their writing. It focuses on: Categorising, Spelling, Grammar, Comprehension, Word Group, Synonyms, paragraph practice and more!
This SOW was created for the EDEXCEL Medicine Through Time/ Medicine in Britain course but can be used for the OCR/AQA topics too. It has a variety of activities and resources and students generally prefer this topic the most! The lessons cover:
1 Ideas about the cause of disease and illness
● Supernatural and religious explanations of the cause of disease.
● Rational explanations: the Theory of the Four Humours and the
miasma theory; the continuing influence in England of Hippocrates
and Galen.
2 Approaches to prevention and treatment
● Approaches to prevention and treatment and their connection with
ideas about disease and illness: religious actions, bloodletting and
purging, purifying the air, and the use of remedies.
● New and traditional approaches to hospital care in the thirteenth
century. The role of the physician, apothecary and barber surgeon
in treatment and care provided within the community and in
hospitals, c1250–1500.
3 Case study:
● Dealing with the Black Death, 1348–49; approaches to treatment and attempts to prevent its spread.
A detailed lesson on the Partition of India focusing on: causes, events, consequences (short and long term), and India today under Modi. The lesson has different activities and great discussion points for students!
This SOW/ bundle addresses Early Elizabethan England, 1558–88. This is perfect for the EDEXCEL spec but can be used for any other exam board/ series of lessons. It has various activities and exam practice too. The lessons cover:
● Introduction to the course
● Elizabethan England in 1558: society and government.
● The Virgin Queen: the problem of her legitimacy, gender, marriage.
Her character and strengths.
● Challenges at home and from abroad: the French threat, financial
weaknesses.
● Religious divisions in England in 1558.
● Elizabeth’s religious settlement (1559): its features and impact.
● The nature and extent of the Puritan challenge and the nature and extent of the Catholic challenge, including the role
of the nobility, Papacy and foreign powers
● Mary, Queen of Scots: her claim to the English throne, her arrival in
England in 1568.
● Revision and Exam Practice
This bundle of resources/ SOW is focused on the Arab-Israeli Conflict and can be used for many exam boards such as the OCR Y321 and the Y100 or the EDEXCEL Conflict in the Middle East. It gives an excellent overview of the topic with a strong set of lessons with various resources, activities and focus on both primary and secondary sources.
The lessons cover:
An overview of the topic
The Ottoman control of the Middle East
The British Mandate
The problems and aims of the British
The Partition of Palestine
The new state of Israel/ Zionism
The First Arab-Israeli War
Israeli Settlements
The Refugee Crisis/ Nakba
Arab Nationalism and Nasser
The Six Day War
The Yom Kippur War
The Intifadas
Failed peace process (Oslo and Camp David)
Focus on individuals
Exam practice
A lesson on the Atlantic Slave Trade covering: causes, stages and consequences. The lesson has different activities and covers both primary and secondary sources. This lesson was made for KS3 students but can be adapted for any year group.
This free resource could either be a lesson/ assembly on women and their perceptions and treatment. The PPT is mostly focused on having a debate and addressing controversial opinions/ sensitive issues. I taught this lesson to both Year 11 and 6th formers (14-16) and it was great at challenging mindsets and making students aware of issues women face.
These outstanding lessons are focused on Key Topic 1 of EDEXCEL GCSE Weimar and Nazi Germany, 1918 – 1939. The lessons use both the Hodder and Pearsons book and is full of different activities and exam practice. The lessons can be used and adapted for any year group and exam board including AQA, OCR or IGCSE. Hope these are helpful for your students!
The lessons cover: The setting up of the Weimar Republic; the signing and effects of the Treaty of Versailles and reasons for opposition, weaknesses in the Constitution,the attacks from the Left (the Spartacist uprising)
and the Right (the Kapp Putsch),the French occupation of the Ruhr and the impact of hyperinflation. The economic work of Stresemann (both internal and external policies), Germany’s relations with other countries, exam practice and feedback.
These lessons are focused on the Great Plague in 1665-6 which addresses the causes, events, treatments and preventive methods used at the time. These lessons have a variety of activities including: active plenaries, videos, creative writing, descriptive writing and exam practice. The lessons were mostly made using the EDEXCEL Medicine Through Time spec and using a mixture of the Hodder and Pearsons book. The lessons are great for GCSE students especially.
This lesson educates students on the BLM movement and its origins. The lesson includes a variety of activities which focus on the causes of the movement, its aims, how the media presents it and asks students to think of possible solutions for the racial discrimination that exists today. I taught this lesson to both my KS3 and 4 classes and they seemed to have enjoyed and benefited from the lesson.
Any feedback is welcomed! Do not forget to rate the resource too please.
Series of lessons on the OCR module Anglo-Saxon England
and the Norman Conquest 1035–1087. The SOW has 23 detailed Power Points with information regarding the spec, differentiation, a variety of activities and worksheets, and exam/ essay writing guidance. The lessons can be used for the Edexcel GCSE/ AQA Spec too.
The lessons cover: Anglo-Saxon England 1035–1066:
• Viking influence (Harold I, Harthacnut); Edward the Confessor; succession,
consolidation, government and administration; religion, economy and society
• Norman invasion and Battle of Hastings 1066: plans; course of events; impact
• William I’s consolidation of power: securing succession; methods of control; extent of opposition.
Please see my other lessons and resources (I have uploaded a revision booklet for this spec too). Hope this helps!
A student booklet for OCR Y219 Russia 1894–1941. The booklet includes: past exam questions, pages for students to complete their own revision notes on each topic, model answers/ structures, fact tests and a glossary.
A student booklet for OCR Y102 Anglo-Saxon England and the Norman Conquest 1035–1107. The booklet includes: past exam questions, pages for students to complete their own revision notes on each topic, model structures, fact tests and a glossary.
This is a SOW created for KS5 students focusing on injustices throughout history (including the BLM movement, land disputes, the theory of ‘the Other’/treatment of minority groups, genocides, dictatorship and uprisings and the refugee crisis. The SOW ends with a research/ essay task for students to complete.
This is a detailed SOW with tasks for students to complete (but can also be used as engaging lectures/ seminars for students to prepare them for university). Each lesson is related to contemporary news articles so students can understand the relevance of each lesson today. There are also thought-provoking questions in each lesson to allow the students to express their opinion/ challenge their opinion.
My year 12 and 13s loved these lessons and it really helped them to: understand the current political/social events/problems in the world, be confident in expressing their opinions, improve their research skills and the impact media and governments have on the world!